Bristol Junior Rugby League
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Bristol Junior Rugby League is a rugby league
competition held at under-14 level with teams based in Bristol, Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The teams are drawn from cluster clubs attached to Bristol Sonics
and Gloucestershire Warriors
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
competition held at under-14 level with teams based in Bristol, Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The teams are drawn from cluster clubs attached to Bristol Sonics
Bristol Sonics
Bristol Sonics are a rugby league club based in Bristol in the South West of England.The Sonics play in the Midlands Premier division of the Rugby League Conference. Bristol Sonics A play in the RLC West of England.- 2002-2004: Early Days :...
and Gloucestershire Warriors
Gloucestershire Warriors
Gloucestershire Warriors RLFC are a rugby league team from the county of Gloucestershire in England. They play in the RLC West of England division of the Rugby League Conference and in 2006 made their debut in the Challenge Cup.-History:...
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Bristol Sonics
To tie-in with the name of their parent club, Bristol Sonics, each of the new teams has been given an identity based on the names of famous aircraft. The names of the new teams, and their locations, are as follows:- North East Thunder (Aretians RFC)
- North West Eagles (Bristol Saracens RFC)
- Northern Hawks (Chipping Sodbury Rugby Club)
- Central Harriers (Whitehall RFC)
- Southern Raptors (Bristol Enterprise College)
- East Bristol Storm (Keynsham RFC)